Man Dies After Eating Cocaine Out Of Brother’s Ass - The Dreamin Demon

Man Dies After Eating Cocaine Out Of Brother’s Ass - The Dreamin Demon


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You niggas and ya'll 'codes'....


HARLESTON, S.C. – A man’s brother died after eating the cocaine stashed in his ass and now police plan on charging him with manslaughter.
Back in November, 23-year-old Deangelo Rashard Mitchell and his brother, 20-year-old Wayne Joshua Mitchell were arrested for trafficking.
Video in the car captured Deangelo begging his younger brother to fish the cocaine out of his ass and eat it.
“One of us gotta do it, you the only one that don’t have any strikes. …You my little brother… I’m gonna get life,” Deangelo pleads.
Wayne does as he is instructed, and within the hour he was having trouble breathing and bleeding from the mouth. He died soon afterward.
Deangelo was initially charged with trafficking drugs and has since bonded out of jail. But with the video evidence and a toxicology report that definitively proves Wayne died from consuming the cocaine, police plan on charging Deangelo with involuntary manslaughter.

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(Video) Salute to @TIP....In case you are wondering if he 'learned his lesson'..Peep the video...

(Tips hat to Rap Radar)

I'd say yes. Very hard for him to do I am sure but he did the right thing. More of you need to learn this lesson. 




What started it all....

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georgia.gov - Execution Set for Troy Anthony Davis, Convicted of 1989 Murder of Savannah Police Officer

georgia.gov - Execution Set for Troy Anthony Davis, Convicted of 1989 Murder of Savannah Police Officer


Here is something else for you to chew on while you are 'reading'.... Lots of reading but hey....


https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/023/2007/en/909e39f7-d3b6-11dd-a329-2f46302a8cc6/amr510232007en.html
This is interesting....To me anyway. You know how I am though. I don't like to blindly say 'Free" anyone or even ask for clemency just because 'I should'. I find those causes to be counterproductive. . I like THIS THING CALLED THE FACTS over 'emotion' or 'obligation'. Unfortunately, this is a government document so that doesn't GUARANTEE that either but it does present another side. Some folks have only heard this story via word of mouth. Maybe this will help...

I still think some sorta trial with today's technology (if evidence were available to be sampled using said technology) is in order but......

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Execution Set for Troy Anthony Davis, Convicted of 1989 Murder of Savannah Police Officer

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens offers the following information in the case against Troy Anthony Davis, who is currently scheduled to be executed on September 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Scheduled Execution
On September 6, 2011, the Superior Court of Chatham County filed an order, setting the seven-day window in which the execution of Troy Anthony Davis may occur to begin at noon on September 21, 2011, and ending seven days later at noon on September 28, 2011. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections then set the specific date and time for the execution as 7:00 pm on September 21, 2011. Davis has concluded his direct appeal proceedings and his state and federal habeas corpus proceedings.
Davis’ Crimes
At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, 1989, officers of the Savannah Police Department responded to a call of “an officer down” at the Greyhound bus station. (T. 759)[1]. Officers found Mark MacPhail, a 27 year-old Savannah police officer, lying face down in the parking lot of the Burger King restaurant next to the bus station. (T. 759). Officer MacPhail’s mouth was filled with blood and bits of his teeth were on the sidewalk. As he began administering CPR to the victim, Officer Owens noticed that the victim’s firearm was still snapped into his holster. (T. 761).
Larry Young, who was present at the scene, told police that between midnight and 1:00 a.m. he had walked from the Burger King parking lot to the convenience store down the block to purchase beer. (T. 797-798). Sylvester “Red” Coles saw Young leave the pool hall next door and began following Young demanding a beer. (T. 798). Coles continued to harass Mr. Young all the way back to the Burger King. (T. 799). When Young arrived at the parking lot, Harriet Murray was sitting on a low wall by the restaurant. Davis and Daryl Collins, who had taken a shortcut to the parking lot, came out from behind the bank and surrounded Mr. Young. (T. 799). Mr. Coles, who was facing Mr. Young, told him not to walk away “cause you don’t know me, I’ll shoot you,” and began digging in his pants. (T. 845). Ms. Murray ran to the back door of the Burger King, which was locked. (T. 799). Davis, who was behind Young and to his right, blind-sided him, striking him on the side of the face with a snub-nosed pistol, inflicting a severe head injury. Mr. Young began to bleed profusely, and he stumbled to a van parked in front of the Burger King drive-in window, asking the occupants for help. (T. 803). When the driver did not respond, he went to the drive-in window, but the manager shut it in his face. (T. 803, 915).
In response to the disturbance in the parking lot, Officer MacPhail, who was working as a security guard at the restaurant, walked rapidly from behind the bus station, with his nightstick in his hand and ordered the three men to halt. (T. 849). Mr. Collins and Davis fled, and Officer MacPhail ran past Sylvester Coles in pursuit of Davis. (T. 851). Davis looked over his shoulder, and when the officer was five to six feet away, shot him. Officer MacPhail fell to the ground, and Davis walked towards him and shot him again while he was on the ground. (T. 850). One eyewitness testified that Davis was smiling at the time. (T. 851). The victim died of gunshot wounds before help arrived.
Davis fled to Atlanta the following day and surrendered to authorities on August 23, 1989.
Pursuant to an investigation, police learned that on the night of the killing, Davis had attended a party on Cloverdale Drive in a subdivision near Savannah. (T. 1115-1116). During the party, Davis, annoyed that some girls ignored him, told several of his friends something about “burning them.” (T. 146). Davis then walked around saying, “I feel like doing something, anything.” (T. 1464). When Michael Cooper and his friends were leaving the party, Davis was standing out front. (T. 1120). Michael Cooper was in the front passenger seat, and as the car pulled away, several of the men in the car leaned out the window shouting and throwing things. (T. 1120, 1186). Davis shot at the car from a couple of hundred feet away and the bullet shattered the back windshield and lodged in Michael Cooper’s right jaw. (T. 1186). Cooper was treated at the hospital and released and Cooper’s injury formed the basis for Count IV of Davis’ indictment. The shooting incident took place approximately one hour before Officer MacPhail was shot.
Shortly after Michael Cooper was shot, Eric Ellison and D.D. Collins picked up Davis in Cloverdale and took him to Brown’s Pool Hall in Savannah. Red Coles, wearing a yellow t-shirt, was already at the pool hall.
A ballistics expert testified that the bullet recovered from MacPhail’s body was of the same type and was possibly fired from the same weapon as used in the Cooper shooting. (T. 1292). Four .38 special casings recovered at Cloverdale, where Michael Cooper was wounded, were fired from the same gun as casings found at the scene of Officer MacPhail’s murder. (T. 1292).
At trial, Kevin McQueen, who was at the Chatham City Jail with Davis, testified that Davis told him there had been a party in Cloverdale on the night of the victim’s murder; Davis had argued with some men and there was an exchange of gunfire. (T. 1230-1231). Davis told McQueen he did some of the shooting. (T. 1231). After the party, Davis went to a girlfriend’s house and intended to eat breakfast at Burger King. Davis stated that he was with a friend and they ran into a guy who “owed money to buy dope.” (T. 1231). There was a fight, Officer MacPhail appeared, and Davis shot him in the face. As Officer MacPhail attempted to get up, Davis shot him again, because he was afraid MacPhail had seen him that night at Cloverdale. (T. 1232). Davis also told McQueen that he was on his way out of town to Atlanta. (T. 1232).
Jeffrey Lapp testified that Davis told him he did the shooting at Burger King, but that it was self-defense. (T. 1249-1252). Mr. Lapp noted that Davis’ street name was RAH, standing for “Rough As Hell.” (T. 1257).
Red Coles identified Davis as the perpetrator of Officer MacPhail’s murder, as did numerous other eyewitnesses, including Harriet Murray, Dorothy Ferrell, Daryl Collins, Antoine Williams, Steven Sanders and Larry Young.
Davis testified at trial. Davis admitted that he was present at the scene of the shooting on the night in question, but denied that he was involved in the shooting of Cooper or the victim or the assault on Larry Young.

The Trial (1989-1991)

Davis was found Davis guilty of one count of malice murder, one count of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of firearm during the commission of a felony. The jury’s recommendation of a death sentence was returned on August 30, 1991. The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Davis’ convictions and death sentence on February 26, 1993. Davis v. State, 263 Ga. 5, 426 S.E.2d 844 (1993). The Georgia Supreme Court specifically found that the evidence presented at Davis’ trial was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict, by stating that, “The evidence supports the conviction on all counts.” Davis v. State, 263 Ga. 5, 7 (1993).
State Habeas Corpus Petition (1994-2001)
Davis, represented by the Georgia Resource Center, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia on March 15, 1994. An evidentiary hearing was held on December 16, 1996.
On September 9, 1997, the state habeas corpus court denied Davis state habeas corpus relief, including his claim that he was not the shooter. (State habeas corpus order of September 5, 1997, denying relief, page 41). The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the denial of state habeas corpus relief on November 13, 2000. Davis v. Turpin, 273 Ga. 244, 539 S.E.2d 129 (2000).
Davis then filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, which was denied on October 1, 2001. Davis v. Turpin, 534 U.S. 842, 122 S.Ct. 100 (2001).

Federal Habeas Corpus Petition (2001-2004)

Davis, represented by Thomas Dunn, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, on December 14, 2001. On May 13, 2004, the district court denied Davis federal habeas corpus relief. In its order denying relief, the federal habeas corpus court denied Davis a federal evidentiary hearing stating that, “this Court finds that because the submitted affidavits are insufficient to raise doubts as to the constitutionality of the result at trial, there is no danger of a miscarriage of justice in declining to consider the claim.” (Federal habeas corpus order of 5/13/04, p. 25.).

11th Circuit Court of Appeals (2004-2006)

The case was orally argued before the Eleventh Circuit on September 7, 2005. On September 26, 2006, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion which affirmed the denial of federal habeas corpus relief to Davis. Davis v. Terry, 465 F.3d 1249 (11th Cir. 2006). In the Eleventh Circuit’s opinion, the Court noted, “In this case, Davis does not make a substantive claim of actual innocence. Rather, he argues that his constitutional claims of an unfair trial must be considered, even though they are otherwise procedurally defaulted, because he has made the requisite showing of actual innocence under Schlup.” Davis v. Terry, 465 F.3d 1249, 1251 (11th Cir. 2006). Reviewing each of Davis’s claims, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of federal habeas corpus relief by stating the following, “Having very carefully considered this record, we cannot say that the district court erred in concluding that Davis has not borne his burden to establish a viable claim that his trial was constitutionally unfair.” Davis v. Terry, 465 F.3d 1249, 1256 (11th Cir. 2006). Davis filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on April 11, 2007, which was denied on June 25, 2007.

Original Execution Date Set (July 17, 2007)

On June 29, 2007, Chief Judge Perry Brannen, Jr. of the Superior Court of Chatham County filed an order setting the execution of Troy Anthony Davis for July 17, 2007. Davis filed a motion for stay of execution and an extraordinary motion for new trial. The trial court granted a stay, and then “exhaustively reviewed” each submitted affidavit “and considered in great detail the relevant trial testimony, if any, corresponding to each.” In denying the extraordinary motion for new trial, the trial court concluded that, “Defendant has failed to carry the burden on each and every submitted affidavit.”

On appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court extensively reviewed each category of “affidavit testimony” on which Petitioner’s extraordinary motion relied, including: “recantations by trial witnesses,” “statements recounting alleged admissions of guilt by Coles,” “statements that Coles disposed of a handgun following the murder” and “alleged eyewitness accounts.” Davis v. State, 283 Ga. 438, 441-447, 660 S.E.2d 354 (2008). The Georgia Supreme Court held that, “Upon our careful review of Davis’s extraordinary motion for new trial and the trial record, we find that Davis failed to present such facts in his motion and, therefore, that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying that motion without a hearing.” Davis v. State, 283 Ga. at 448.

New Execution Date Set (September 23, 2008)

A new execution date was set for Troy Anthony Davis for September 23, 2008. On September 12, 2008, the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied commutation of death sentence and issued the following statement:

The Parole Board does not generally comment on death penalty cases it has considered for clemency. However, the Troy Davis case has received such extensive publicity that the Board has decided to make an exception.

Davis’ attorneys have argued that the Board should grant him clemency because a number of witnesses against Davis changed their earlier statements to the police and their testimony at the trial. Moreover, the attorneys have brought forward other people who now claim to have information that raises doubt as to the guilt of Davis.

Because of these claims, the Parole Board stopped Davis’ execution last year. The Board has now spent more than a year studying and considering this case.

As a part of its proceedings, the Board gave Davis’ attorneys an opportunity to present every witness they desired to support their allegation that there is doubt as to Davis’ guilt. The Board heard each of these witnesses and questioned them closely.

In addition, the Board has studied the voluminous trial transcript, the police investigation report and the initial statements of the witnesses. The Board has also had certain physical evidence retested and Davis interviewed.

After an exhaustive review of all available information regarding the Troy Davis case and after considering all possible reasons for granting clemency, the Board has determined that clemency is not warranted.

On September 23, 2008, the United States Supreme Court entered an order staying the execution pending disposition of Davis’s petition for writ of certiorari that had been previously filed on July 14, 2008. On October 14, 2008, the United States Supreme Court denied Davis’s petition for writ of certiorari, thus terminating the stay of execution. Davis v. Georgia, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 397 (2008).

New Execution Date Set (October 27, 2008)

An new execution date was set for October 27, 2008.

On October 22, 2008, Davis filed an application for leave to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition. Respondent filed a response in opposition on October 23, 2008. On October 24, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit granted a conditional stay of execution and directed both parties to submit briefs addressing specific issues. Both parties submitted briefs, and an oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit was held on December 9, 2008. On April 16, 2009, the Eleventh Circuit denied Davis’s application for leave to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition. In re: Davis, 565 F.3d 810 (11^th Cir. 2009). The Eleventh Circuit held:

In short, we are constrained by the statutory requirements found in § 2244(b)(2)(B) to conclude that Davis has not even come close to making a prima facie showing that his Herrera claim relies on (i) facts that could not have been discovered previously through the exercise of due diligence, and that (ii), if proven, would “establish by clear and convincing evidence that, but for constitutional error, no reasonable factfinder would have found the applicant guilty of the underlying offense.” 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B) (2006). He, therefore, cannot file a successive petition.
In re Davis, 565 F.3d at 824.

Davis subsequently filed an original writ in the United States Supreme Court on May 19, 2009. On August 17, 2009, the United States Supreme Court transferred the case to the district court for that court to “receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could not have been obtained at the time of the trial establishes petitioner’s innocence.” In re Davis, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 1 (2009).

Following briefing and discovery, a federal evidentiary hearing was conducted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, on June 23-24, 2010. On August 24, 2010, the United States District Court entered an order denying Davis’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In denying relief, the district court held:

Ultimately, while Mr. Davis's new evidence casts some additional, minimal doubt on his conviction, it is largely smoke and mirrors. The vast majority of the evidence at trial remains intact, and the new evidence is largely not credible or lacking in probative value. After careful consideration, the Court finds that Mr. Davis has failed to make a showing of actual innocence that would entitle him to habeas relief in federal court.
In re: Davis, Case No. CV409-130.
Thereafter, Davis filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on January 21, 2011, which was denied on March 28, 2011.

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[1]References to the transcript of Davis’ trial will be referred to as “T”, followed by the appropriate page number of the trial transcript.

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Damm...they found Buju Banton guilty...

Hold you head up soldier...

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Them Germans don't play....Man castrates 57 year old man for dating his teenage daughter...

He didn't knock him out when he did it either.

(Starts slow and deliberate golf clap) This is Carolinaware approved actions right here....Hats off to that man....

Link:



Germany — Angry that his teenage daughter was dating an older man, a German dad went to the 57-year-old’s home and castrated him with a bread knife, police said.
Helmut Seifert, originally from Russia, recently pled guilty to attacking Phillip Genscher, according to London’s Telegraph.
“I saw it as my duty as a father,” the 47-year-old father allegedly told police.
With the help of two of his co-workers, he went to Genscher’s home in Bielefeld, in northern Germany.
“[Genscher] was forced to remove his trousers and, fully conscious, he was castrated,” police said, the Telegraph reports. “The severed testicles were taken away by the perpetrator.”
The father has not revealed the identity of the men who helped him. He is expected to go on trial next year.

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Damm Department of Corrections in Oklahoma....This is how lax you are? Inmate on Facebook in jail. Posing.

....with weed, a shank...just CHILLING. Yeah..


Now I will say I HAVE heard of cats on Facebook in prison. That is not 'new' (although still nutty) but this video is well...disturbing. Shit, he might as well be back home...This isn't jail. If he has a Blackbery, he must have a charger. Who is paying the bill? This is wild. Not surprising..just wild..

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@S_C (Jay-Z)Do You Wanna Ride? comes to life...Remember the collect call Emory?

I know a lot of you thought that was mere 'fiction'. Another made up story by Jay-Z.  Au contre monfre my friend. That was real...It seems Jay-Z fulfilled his promise too. Offering him a $50k job and putting it in writing to the court.

Good to see it come to fruition not for us but for Emory Jones, who had his sentence reduced by 37 months as a part of a motion requested by Jones based on Supreme Court findings addressing the inequity in sentences levied in cases involving crack cocaine as opposed to the powdered form of the drug. More reasons to read DeCoded as Jay-Z gets into all of the who's (Jones included) and where's (Maryland Eastern Shore to name a few) of where this all took place. Jones Federal custody ended on Sept. 20 and his probation ends in 2015. I am a little taken aback it took this story this long to REALLY get press (not from me but in general). I mean the Maybach part of the story got some run but not his part with the letter. Interesting. I think THAT is more important than him having the fresh whip waiting for him. Then again, despite all of the complaints by folks who SWEAR he is super flashy, materialistic, and an all out braggart, doesn't usually discuss nearly as much as he probably could.

Yeah..yeah..yeah...I know...he did it for 'XYZ'..How's that crystal ball you are using to know this working out for you in you and your every day troubles? Oh....

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A message from @Tip......An underlying one most of you are gonna miss..Fathers...

(Insert some picture of T.I. either in a suit going to court, a mug shot or a shot of the car he got pulled over in here. You know what it looks like by now. I don't have to post it up..This is not about that..@ hood shit, flashy shit or any of that other shit...This is about what he...no what YOU need to get outta what he said...Period. Ya'll always talking about all the 'bad shit' you learn from those on TV & in music, take something GOOD outta this shit here...) 


Before I post it, I am sure a lot of you are gonna be dismissive of the message. If you even get it.  Which I find FUNNY AS HELL as you go around in your 'Free (insert your friends/cousin/brother/auntie/gf/etc/etc) shirts campaigning that we all should feel the pain and injustice you feel over them. Locked up is locked up fam. Hate to remind you, for some of you I am TRULY REMINDING YOU, of that fact. Two days of someone else telling you what to do with your time, locked up with a bunch of people of your gender and not being able to walk out is two days too many. Never mind a whole year or so out of your life.  I REMEMBER how you were when you got out. Happy as shit. So don't play that 'tough guy/girl' shit now. You wasn't 'living it up' in there. It is JAIL. County. Fed. State. Local. All jail. You don't get to go home. I wish ya'll would stop acting like the shit is a vacation. It is not.You can 'rationale' it all you want.


We weren't MADE TO BE LOCKED UP AND CAGED UP hence the reason why it is a PUNISHMENT. Mind you, he has been in and out, JUST LIKE YOUR FRIEND/ETC WHO KEEPS FUCKING UP, for the better part of 15-20 years. From the Fort Lauderdale thing on down back up to this case right here. So while he SURELY has himself to blame, he has to go through the process just like everyone else does who actually eventually 'gets it' that what he is doing ISN'T PAYING OFF. Start trying to piece together what is TRULY right and wrong. What is and isn't helping his situation. He just happens to be a major star who 'has to' for image sake, speak what's on his mind about this process lest it speculated to death. (And it still might be that speculated on anyway since we all know we all think we are Ms. Cleo and shit at times..@ reading what is on people's minds especially when they are down and fucked up.) Should you 'believe' him? Man, I don't know..I do know that I take him for his word that at the very least, he is probably a little frustrated. With himself. He expresses that here. That is all this is to me. Of course ya'll will take the time to 'mount up' on your horse and act like you have never REPEATEDLY made mistakes that costs you progress in your life or that you never will. Being as though you are perfect and all...As you were.....

P.S. I wonder if one day we are gonna find out his father and Melvin either knew each other or are family.....(If you know your music, you KNOW who Melvin is...and he isn't in the 'Bluenotes'...lol ) 'Cause him and Melvin's son are SUPER TIGHT. Always have been.  Why did I mention that? Read the letter where he talks about his Dad....Same story some of you have told me that makes you empathetic to those you hold near and dear or even some of the reasons you do WHAT IT IS YOU DO.

Per his site:

This experience is truly a pain I have never felt before and that's saying a lot for a nigga who's been down locked up as many times as I have. I see this as a real ass whoopin'. The kind you don't just go back outside to play afterwards. You take ya ass to bed and don't come out of your room until it's time to go to school. I don' t know what effect this will have on my life moving forward but I'm certainly sick and mother f*cking tired of going to jail, juve, prison, the pen, correctional facilities or whatever else you want to call it. I'd have been better off doing a 5-10 year bid one time than going in time and time again for days, weeks and months for the last 15 years of my life. Even though it's been a long road, I'm still standing, barely but nevertheless still standing. At one time I thought my motivation for continuing was for my fans, my partna Philant, my pops, my grandmama, even for the haters or the people I let down. But nah... I got to do this shit for me!!! I'll be God damned if I've come all this way and made it through so much hell to let it go down like this! F*ck that! If an hour in the dark is worth a second in the sun then pass me my mother f*ckin' shades cause I'm ready to cash my darkest hours in...ASAP!!! A lot of folks had fathers or father figures in the house to raise them into manhood. I'm not trying to make any excuses for my situation but my father was a hustler that lived in New York. My uncle was a local big time dope boy turned 10 year federal inmate. My mother and grandparents did the best they could but I found my manhood in the trap and in prison systems. But I found it. And nan one of mine will ever have to feel the cold tight grip of a handcuff or grace the presence of a jail cell if I can help it. Over my dead body! So if you can't respect that you ain't rocking with my movement then Fuck you dog! I know a bunch of mother f*ckers who are.....

- Love KING

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Since he is a former Steeler, I still have a vested interested..Plaxico Burress...(video)

Speaking on his imprisonment.....The video speaks for itself.

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Da Brat is out and in the studio...

Wonder if she can recapture the magic? I wonder if this means she will have a show like her sister, LisaRaye?

Video:

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Jail= No inspiration for T.I.

(Waits for someone to yell 'He is a fake 'cause it didn't inspire any new songs...' out like it is the gospel)

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SMH. Female prison guards and prisoners..

I am shaking my head for different reasons than you probably are though. @ those of you of the 'get away with it if you can' mentality'. I do feel there are two sides to it, lets put it like that.


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By MATT GOURAS
Associated Press Writer

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Inmate Michael Murphy sought out female guards and prison workers that he knew would be easy to charm.

He started by seeking a small favor, which could lead to a kiss or love letters. In at least five cases, he convinced women to have sex with him or perform other significant illegal favors.

And yet Michael Murphy is considered the victim in each case, because inmates cannot legally consent to sex.

In each of those cases, the female corrections employees were caught, shamed and forced out of a job, according to documents detailing an investigation by Montana prison officials and obtained by The Associated Press after an open records lawsuit.

The women officers described Murphy as the aggressor, even as the predator. But that makes no difference in either state or federal penitentiaries, where prison employees - male or female - are the violators if they have sex with inmates.

A Justice Department study shows that cases like Murphy's are common: Female staff are more often implicated than their male counterparts in prison sexual misconduct. While many cases could be considered consensualincarceration experts and female prison guards say the problem is much more complicated than that.

In some cases, the women reported that they couldn't say no to the inmate out of fear, or were afraid to go to a co-worker out of shame at what had happened, that one small mistake led to something else.

Experts say there is a culture of silence in the prisons that makes itdifficult for female guards to come forward with problems before they spin out of control. But they also cite a double standard in which female guards are treated less harshly when their transgressions come to light.

Documents detailing the state investigation into Murphy's liaisons show he persuaded at least five Montana female prison employees to break the rules over several years. He even convinced his therapist to have sex with him, and was able to arrange one-on-one meetings with her even though prison officials knew of his past success in conniving favors out of female workers.

Charges were filed against one of the female prison workers. Murphy, 36, faced no charges.

The affair cost one female employee her marriage, her career and any chance at a real job.

She believes strongly the prison erred in letting Murphy circulate in a less restrictive environment that allowed one-on-one interaction with female guards and workers - even though his past was well known.

"People kind of look at us as if we are the dirt under their fingernails. That is a hard place to be," she told The AP in a telephone interview Thursday. "Everyone needs to be held accountable. I need to be held accountable, and I think I was. The prison needs to be held accountable, and Michael Murphy needs to be held accountable."

The woman spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared repercussions from her current employer if she were identified.

Murphy claimed, in letters to newspapers and in a request to the ACLU of Montana, that some of the women sexually assaulted him. No sexual assault charges were filed at the time due to lack of evidence.

But a confidential and lengthy internal investigation tells a far more complicated tale about how an inmate manipulated prison staff.

The therapist, for instance, told internal investigators that from thestart that she knew she had been manipulated and compromised.

"And then he kissed me one day in my office and I just thought, 'What the f--- did I just do, what just happened?'" she said in a 2008 interview she was told would be confidential. "From that point on I just, I felt like I couldn't do anything, I couldn't say no to him, I couldn't get myself out of it. It's like he had that over me, and he continued to push."

The agency first disclosed in 2008 that three female workers were resigning after an investigation into sexual misconduct connected to Murphy. Two of the workers reached at the time by The AP - including the therapist - denied any wrongdoing. But copies of the investigation show they were indeed under the thumb of Murphy, in prison for theft, forgery and other charges.

The therapist told the internal investigator that she was soon giving Murphy money and oral sex.

"I was just like, 'What, you know, what are you thinking, what?'" she told a Department of Corrections investigator. "You totally got duped by this guy and, you know, it was just embarrassing."

The man who once ran New York City's corrections department has little sympathy for female prison workers who see themselves as victimized in these cases.

Martin Horn, now a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he female workers who have sex with inmates are often treated less harshly by officials than male worker who do the same.

"As long as we have a double standard we are going to see these kind of behaviors," Horn said. "It is a very slippery slope we go down if we say we are not going to hold female officers to the same standard."

A 2007 U.S. Department of Justice study analyzing the prevalence of sexual assault in state and federal prisons found that 58 percent of staff perpetrators of sexual misconduct were female.

Oneexpert on the issue says the "culture of silence" in prisons makes it tough on the female workers.

"Even if the staff did small favors, they should have felt free enough to communicate with their superiors about the fact that they were by being blackmailed by the inmate," said Brenda Smith, a law professor at American University who has studied prison rape issues. "How could this pattern of conduct go on without others knowing? That may also relate to the culture of silence."

Montana corrections officials said they have cases dating back to 2003 where two female workers at the state prison in Deer Lodge were disciplined for some sort of undisclosed involvement with Michael Murphy. That same inmate in 2008 then again rocked the prison when it was learned three more had become involved with him.

The prison launched a lengthy internal investigation.

Only after the the promise that no criminal charges would be coming, and the ill-fated pledge of confidentiality, did the prison workers speak somewhat candidly.

"They need to do something about protecting women from predators like him, I know he's a predator," said the corrections officer who was charged with failing to report the activities. "I know he's done it to several people before and, I didn't know until after the fact, after all this stuff happened, but I found out all about Michael Murphy."

Murphy, who was later transferred to a facility in Glendive, meanwhile, continues to get involved with staff.

Prison officials say an ongoing investigation seems to implicate Murphy in the case of a female food worker caught smuggling contraband into the prison.

Montana State Prison Warden Mike Mahoney said 41 percent of the system's employees are female. He said it is impossible to separate female staff from any particular inmate, even one who has proven skilled at compromising workers.

He said the prison always stresses with workers not to get involved with inmates in even the smallest way, and to never reveal personal details of any type. The warden said Murphy's case, though, will likely provide lessons to improve the training.

The issue is huge, Mahoney said. When staff are compromised, the potential for harm is "limitless."

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I will Mr. Carter speak for himself.

Enjoy it.

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THIS is what should be shown to the kids out there fucking up

....I am sure this is about to be the talk of the Internet. Oh the armchair comics are gonna have a field day with this shit here. Rightfully so. I am sure the name calling will ensue. Here is the thing though.

Are we going to keep chuckling it up about this type of shit and act like this isn't the 'norm'?

Are ya'll not watching the First 48? Maybe you are missing all of those 'tough guys' break down....

Not my boy, you say? Were you there his first night in the bing? Sitting there with him. Okay, so he didn't do it IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS so that means he didn't? Riiight. Unless your boy (or girl) has no soul, chances are, they did this shit too. Several times during their trial.



Like it or not...perceived tough guy or not..if you catch what this cat is about to face, MORE THAN LIKELY THIS WILL BE YOU. Period. Laugh now if you like. Talk about all the props/perks/etc you want that you will get from this. How you would NEVER go out like that. Just how mentally tough you are. What will happen 'when you get home' and all of that...Whatever makes you feel better. Just know that shit isn't 'sweet' like it was in Goodfellas or some shit. Just know that even though you 'talk to your boy' when visitation time comes, he is probably not going to be able to express to you just how fucked up that shit is. Anyone who has spent ANY time behind any type of brick wall with some bars on it will tell you that RIGHT AWAY, you will see you aren't in 'Kansas' anymore. Shit is no joke. It is not a resort.


Think about it. We have people actually running around saying "A year? That's no real time!" As if we were BORN TO BE PUT IN CONFINEMENT or some shit? Hello! Slavery you fucking idiots! No one is bragging about wanting to do that and this is essentially that. As if they have even DONE ANY TIME AT ALL TO KNOW? Some of you complain via facebook about being trapped at your fucking desk for 8 hours so how the fuck are you gonna say 'Only a year!' of jail time isn't shit? Really? Think about how stupid that shit sounds. I did. It sounds dumb. We are not made for that shit and it has an effect on us. Trust me. It is proven. You can see it. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Hell, even having to report to a P.O./not being able to come and go as you please/etc is not something we were made to do. Again, let me remind you of your job. That boring ass 'thing' you have to do every weekend or whatever it is you constantly complain about. Now imagine if it had bars/gates, corrupt security guards and violence, murder and rape waiting around every corner? Yeah, a year of that sounds GREAT NOW DOESN'T IT? Yet we co-sign this stupid shit time and time again. And the kids listen to us when we say it so their mentality is.....and I know why we do it. We don't want those who have messed up to lose hope. No issue with that. It is a dual edged sword though. The kids are hearing that and thinking "I can play around with that...I can mess up and be aight so why not just mess up for a bit.." That is the reality of the situation. That is how they are looking at it. That is wrong. Period. You can't always recover and even when you do 'recover', you don't always come all the way back. It takes a part of you. Sometime for the good...sometimes for the bad...always with no guarantee.

I think that if we are gonna get some sorta hold on the 'lil people' to get them to act right, clowning this cat (or people like him) is not the way. All that will do is make them say "I don't wanna be like him SO I'MMA HOLD IT IN..." as opposed to just stopping them all together. This (and the countless number of 'breakdowns' you see on shows like the First 48) represent FAR MORE of reality to me than that other 'front' that is put up. Even if the people up on charges don't cry, you can see the gravity of the situation hitting them as they turn to face that judge and those years. You don't see their boys in the courtroom usually. Nobody has to do that time but that person who did that crime. I think this was a classic (and common) case of him realizing just that.

So go ahead. Chuckle it up. Call him names. I feel bad for him. Not because he doesn't deserve to go. He does if he did what they said he did. (I don't know the background of the story well enough to proclaim him innocent or not. Unless you know him or live in the area, you don't either...) The reason why I feel bad for him is that it is the 'norm' now for someone to think that they can do a violent (or some truly dumb shit)act and that everything will 'work' out. Like this is the movies or some shit. Instead of people hoping and praying that the situations that put them IN dire straits work out, we have been reduced to hoping and praying we can 'find a way to beat the system' when we do wrong. Not everyone but a lot of people feel this way.

You see, the 'fight the system' issues started 'cause we would get locked having NOT DONE ANYTHING. So it was UNJUST! Now cats do shit and think 'getting locked up and doing time' is unjust. Read what I just said again. I'll wait. This mentality is KILLING US. From the looks of it, this young man was sold a dream.

I feel bad for him because I can tell he is caught up in that mentality just from the little bit that I know about him. He got sold a dream. A dream that all of us get sold and few of us don't buy. Luckily, a lot of wake up from the dream but some times we still have nightmares about it 'cause of the trouble that it has bought to our doorsteps. @ the residuals.

It is proven it is a dream too. Just look at how many of us get caught back up in reality when the dream stealer (the judge) bangs that gavel. The numbers don't lie. Yet, we keep selling this dream to our kids. Over and fucking over and fucking over again. Some how, it really has become a 'rights of passage' to go to jail. It is the only 'proven' way to be known as tough or respected for a lot of people. It is the silliest shit I have EVER HEARD quite frankly. I will just go on record as saying it. I know that a lot of people won't like that but that is (one of many measures of) true toughness to me. Standing up for what you believe in and not being akin to a sheep in a flock.

Now I DO UNDERSTAND that some people have to do what they have to do. Thing is, you don't HEAR THOSE PEOPLE CRYING ABOUT what they have gone through or been through nor do you hear them BRAG ABOUT IT. I can't do nothing BUT respect that. So for those of you out there that might get a look at this, I am not talking about you. At all. To me, if you do get in that situation, that is the way it is to be handled. Just how you did. Shit does TRULY happen. I know that. I am not an idiot nor a stranger to that. I just don't like this 'woe is me' attitude cats seem to be getting accustomed to out here.

Yeah, it is getting better. The 'gangsta rappers' who have told stories (more than likely their partner's stories but I don't care. It is getting told) about the ills of the life. The message is out there to be had via former members of jail and the like but I still don't think it is being heard correctly. People still want to have the feel for that power that comes via intimidation and fear. That feeling that unfortunately, we have labeled and put under the word 'respect'. Which is all anyone has in this World apparently wants. So when they hear the stories, they don't hear the 'bad parts'. All they hear is about the 'respect' part and that seems to be what stays with people. So the cycle continues. Another part of the 'dream' we are selling people. It is not that I am saying you shouldn't want respect. You SHOULD. It should be noted however that the type of respect most people are seeking is short lived and could end your life. @ obtaining via fear and intimidation. It is HOW you get the respect that should be drilled into people's heads. We are not doing that right now. We are focused on the wrong shit. Why they are building jails and shit like that. How about we focus on how it gets imparted in a young person's head that it is actually normal to be shot/have charges/or do wrong 'cause everyone else is? Especially when 9/10 of them will have some form of the break down we just saw up top?

How about we focus on how to get them to the place that the respect they want can be ascertained without using the current vehicles that are widely accepted?
Translation: How about we stop telling motherfuckers it is okay to shoot/rob/etc people to get people to respect you and stop putting cats on high horses when they 'run things'?

I add a motherfucker so you ignorant ni##as hear me- L. Boogie


As you were....@ laughing at the video. I know some of you don't want to hear this shit. PLEASE DON'T LOOK TO ME FOR SYMPATHY though when you get caught up doing some dumb shit that you actively sought out to do. Again, if it is a situation that came TO YOU, I have nothing but respect for you surviving it.

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